Powershot G3 - How about a EOS-10D!?

[GTaudiophile]

The 10D is bad-ass, no doubt, but it's also 2x the price. I need a JOB before I can start dreaming of that stuff.

 

[Parrotheader]

Yikes! I didn't mean for you to make a huge change in direction after you'd already placed an order. I just was going to add my $0.02 since I just thought you were still in the shopping/research phase. Still, I do think if you're going to spend that much on a G3 camera, given your apparent interest in the subject it probably would make sense to get a toehold in the SLR world for just a little bit more (or even less if you got a used digital SLR - not counting the cost of lenses of course .) And your logic about being able to share lenses between the digital and film SLR's makes sense as well.

Just to throw in some plugs and give some examples from my friends' sites who eventually upgraded to SLR:

Some of Manny's stuff:
www.neiconiphotography.com (he does photography on the side; getting a lot of biz lately)
http://www.neiconi.com/camera/D30/ (misc images - many have been resized)
http://www.neiconiphotography.com/misc/ (a couple raw images)

Some of Eric's stuff:
http://www.macgeeksonline.com/photo/index.html

Forums at FredMiranda.com (where they sometimes hang out - good for advanced beginners to low end pros; relatively small community):
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/

 

[Sketcher]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
The 10D is bad-ass, no doubt, but it's also 2x the price. I need a JOB before I can start dreaming of that stuff.

I hear ya! I've been saving for a while - and realizing how much we're spending on studio portraits and want to have a sweet portable, it's time to take the plunge.

"bad-ass" yeah, and because it's that too!!

[I'm going to POP this post over to the Canon EOS-10D thread and carry on over there. Come on over ya'll! The water's fine ]